Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted
Category	Job openings			Hires			Total separations
Category	Aug. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Aug. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Aug. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	7,649	7,208	7,227	5,230	5,240	5,126	5,170	5,221	5,111
Total private	6,638	6,401	6,457	4,862	4,918	4,805	4,853	4,907	4,781
Mining and logging	23	14	20	19	17	19	18	21	23
Construction	304	303	188	335	331	353	307	316	351
Manufacturing	467	438	409	302	301	305	334	306	313
Durable goods	298	262	259	167	170	171	196	171	181
Nondurable goods	169	176	150	134	131	134	138	135	132
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,097	1,096	1,149	971	1,017	926	965	1,026	946
Wholesale trade	174	194	191	141	162	119	133	176	127
Retail trade	559	548	603	552	583	572	567	582	580
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	364	353	355	278	272	235	265	268	239
Information	135	180	172	84	86	77	91	91	85
Financial activities	372	404	390	204	209	212	200	213	210
Finance and insurance	262	305	282	140	147	148	140	150	149
Real estate and rental and leasing	109	99	108	64	62	64	61	63	61
Professional and business services	1,332	1,274	1,235	1,010	1,032	1,015	1,078	1,059	1,076
Private education and health services	1,646	1,429	1,523	747	781	779	721	699	763
Private educational services	147	131	145	95	92	90	82	90	96
Health care and social assistance	1,499	1,297	1,378	652	689	689	638	609	667
Leisure and hospitality	971	995	1,092	959	948	917	892	979	817
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	127	115	106	160	150	169	149	180	132
Accommodation and food services	844	880	986	799	798	748	743	799	686
Other services	292	267	280	231	195	201	248	198	197
Government	1,011	807	770	368	321	321	317	315	331
Federal	148	138	77	35	24	24	32	34	35
State and local	863	668	693	333	297	297	285	280	296
State and local education	284	246	247	175	159	144	145	146	135
State and local, excluding education	579	423	446	158	138	153	140	134	161



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	4.6	4.3	4.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.2
Total private	4.7	4.5	4.5	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.5
Mining and logging	3.6	2.2	3.1	3.0	2.8	3.2	2.9	3.5	3.8
Construction	3.6	3.5	2.2	4.1	4.0	4.3	3.7	3.8	4.2
Manufacturing	3.5	3.3	3.1	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.6	2.4	2.5
Durable goods	3.6	3.2	3.2	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.5	2.2	2.3
Nondurable goods	3.4	3.5	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	3.7	3.6	3.8	3.4	3.5	3.2	3.3	3.5	3.3
Wholesale trade	2.8	3.1	3.0	2.3	2.6	1.9	2.2	2.9	2.1
Retail trade	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	4.8	4.6	4.6	3.8	3.7	3.2	3.6	3.6	3.3
Information	4.4	5.8	5.5	2.9	2.9	2.6	3.1	3.1	2.9
Financial activities	3.9	4.2	4.0	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.3	2.3
Finance and insurance	3.8	4.3	4.0	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.2
Real estate and rental and leasing	4.3	3.8	4.2	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4
Professional and business services	5.6	5.3	5.2	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.8	4.7	4.8
Private education and health services	5.8	5.0	5.3	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.5	2.8
Private educational services	3.6	3.2	3.5	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.1	2.2	2.4
Health care and social assistance	6.2	5.3	5.5	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.6	2.8
Leisure and hospitality	5.5	5.5	6.0	5.7	5.6	5.4	5.3	5.7	4.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	4.6	4.1	3.8	6.1	5.5	6.2	5.7	6.7	4.8
Accommodation and food services	5.6	5.8	6.4	5.6	5.6	5.2	5.2	5.6	4.8
Other services	4.7	4.2	4.4	3.9	3.2	3.3	4.1	3.3	3.3
Government	4.1	3.3	3.2	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4
Federal	4.7	4.5	2.6	1.2	0.8	0.8	1.1	1.2	1.2
State and local	4.1	3.1	3.2	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
State and local education	2.6	2.2	2.2	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2
State and local, excluding education	5.7	4.1	4.4	1.6	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: September 30, 2025